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TASMANIAN DIVISION
BOX 851J, G. P. 0., HOBAfiT.
SEPTEMBER 1966 MONTHLY BULLETIN HtICE 5c.
PRESIDENT; Mr. T. Alien TEEASUEERs. Mr. C. Connor SEGEETAEYs Mr. C. Russel-Green
VE7AL VK7CT VK7CR
Registered, a-t G. P. 0., Hobar-t, for transmission by post as a periodical.
EDITORIAL
Dedicated to all XYL's alias " Grass Widows".
Reprint of a letter to the RSGB Bulletin of October 1965, by Mrso W. Wills, XYL
of G60U. (From W. A. Bulletin December 1965)»
" Having been married to a Radio " Ham " for over 40 years, I have come -bo -the
conclusion that "hams" are not quite, as other men, and •tha'b certain q.ualities are
necessary in dealing v/ith -them, such as -bhe patience of a Saint, the -fcac-b of a
Diplomat; "the lose of one's own company, and above all, a sense of humour. The "ham"
bug a-b tacks with its an-benna and its victim will hereaf-fcer think only in -terms of
aerials 5 -therefore your sense of humour mus-t see that a 30f-t. pole erected bang in
-the middle of a pocket size. handteerchie. IE lawn is"just the jobo"
You are exriected -fco -bake kindly -to every available flat surface in the house
being used as a parking lot for radio books, all open a't the right places, and "the
table cloth will invariable 'be covered with squib'bles and doodles resembling a map of
-the underground»
If he is on the air it is impossible -to get any "Hem" -bo a meal 5 he will listen
-bo know voice calling nearer than Madrid.
I have managed over -the years to pick up some of the jargon used by "hams",
most of our guests being fellow border-line cases, and known only by letters and
numbers. For instance, I know longer think -there is some-tliing wrong wi-fch my cooking
when -they are discussing "feed'baok"o The moving up and down of KoC's to ge-b out of
the mush "s no longer Du-tch^ but in spite of all -the talk of fine "business and 73
(or 88), what; really denotes the addic-fc is the mo'bile s-tage, when he can no longer
venture outside with.ou-b his radio so that he can contact the "ham" he is visiting
(he will be visiting no one bu-b a "ham") -to tell him when he leaves -the house, when
he -turns a corner or goes over or under a bridge e-bc^ thus his fellow victim knows
exac-fcly where he is until he is right ou-bside the house o Of course in -this way one
could say we always know where our men are,
These are but a few of -the hazards of life wi-th a "ham" 5 perhaps we are no worse
off -bhan the grass widows of yachtsmen, golfers ej-id fishermen^ a-t leas-b we have plenty
of time -to s-budy -the "circuit; diagrams in -the knitting book;"
THE MONTHLY BULLETIN'Or'"THE VfIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
SEPTEMBER 1966 TASMANIAI1 DIVISION, PAGE 2
MEETINGS FOR SEPTEMBER.
SEPT. 9-th Northern Zone Meeting, Adult Education. Rooms, 51 York St. Launceston.
6th, North West Zone Meeting, Lakins Hall, Ulverstone, 2000 hrs.
7th. He ad. quart. ers-General" Meeting,,. 147 Liverpool St., Hobart 2000 hrs,
19-bh Co'&ncil Mee-bing.
21. st, V'. H. F. Group Mee-ting, Club. Rooms, Hobar-fc,
NOTICES..
R, D. CONTEST'. Remember, logs inus-b be post marked not la-ber than 5'th September, 1966
Address them -too... Federal Con-test Manager, WIA, GPO Box II1002,
Perth, West Australia,, LATE ENTRIES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
SUBSCRIPTIONS. At -the council meeting, l8th July 66 the following members were
deleted from the Membership lis-b
Aplin P. L., Byrne A, Eo, Campbell I, Mo; Chalk P. 1., Filby IoR., Forth R»Bo, Ives M. W.
Lacey IToC., Macey J Eo , Mann R. A., Power G. P., Slowan D, N., Stirling J«R,,
S-fcu-t-terd N., Tanner Bo, Ward ToE., Nicholls W. J., 13-fch Hobar-b Scout Group.
The members listed below have subseq.uently paid and are reinstated, although
A, Eo will no-t -be received until I'.I'ovem'ber
Macey JoE. , Tanner D., 13'tb. Hobar-fc Scou-fc Group.
FOR SALE, Hand operated ro-fcary duplicating machine uses stencil).. o. $40 O. N. Oo
Apply... Equipmsn-fc Exchange Bulletin, P, 0, Box 177, Sandy Bay, Hobar-fc.
VifANTED, A STENCIL TYPIST is urgently needed -to prepare stencils for -the Equipment
Exchange Bulle±ano The EEB is a rather nice -bechnical publication, produced as a
hob'by, but it is no fun if -the staff have -to kill themselves over it. Our previous
stencil typis-b had to work harder at his studies, ejid -bhe edi-bor simply cant do i-t
allo Applicant should live in Ta. smania, preferably near Hobart, have some kind of
familiarity with technical terminology, should ~be able -bo :lype using more -bhaA one
finger, and should be an idealis-fc. The la-t-fcer, because we can only afford about 40c.
per quar-to-length stencil, and the work should be undertaken par'tly out of a desire
to help provide Australia with a good casual -fcechm-cal publication,,
Applican-b(s) should write -to P. O. Box 177, Sandy . Bay, Tasmania, stating
quali fie a-bions (eg» two hands plus.? empty wallet. ),
CONGRATULATIONS to Winston (VK?Z;J) in the past) end Mike (ex VE7ZAV) on attaining
-their full -ticket. Both are very active on all bands, Wins-fcon under the call VK7WH,
and Mike, VE7FB.
Beleive there may be a new limited licencee or two in -the Northern area,
so congratula'tions to these and any others we may have missed.
STOP PRESS. Word has been received, of "t?70 more successful candidates„ Les Cooper
who has not to date of printing had a chance to take ou-fc a call signj we hope to
hear Les on -the HF bands before 'too long. In the Nor-th, Colin, VK7ZCP Is a new
call on the bajids.
THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA TASMMIAN DIVISION
SEPTEMBER 1966. MONTHLY BULLETIN PAGE 3.
TEGHITICAL.
CRYSTAL CHECK POINT ON 145 Mcs By VK6MM (D? o A. Bulle-bin April 1966)
With -the idea of establishing. a 2 metre MS. net for home s-fca-tion use, a first require-
men-fc was for a simple 'but reasona'bly accura'be freq.uency check poin-t somewhere in -the
144 mcs band. Some crystal calibrators will give a usable signal a-fc this freq.uency,
but I dou'bt whe-ther majiy amateurs possess such an animalo I wanted something that I
could have handy and switch on when I needed it.
By choosing a frequency of 145 mcs i-t is possible to use a 5 mcs crystal which
may Tse zero beat with WV and rnul-tiplied by 29 -to give -the req.uired check poin-fc a-b
145 mcs.
The popular grid-pla-te oscillator with series tuning of the pla-be circuit -to
145 "1GS gives useful signal input to my receiver wi-fchou-t -the need for special coup-
ling, i. e. the oscillator is jus-fc left running on -the bench a few fee-t away and a
signal is readily detectable in -the receiver. It is not intended to Tse used as an
alignment source Tout only as a frequency check.
I found it possi'ble -to 'beat the -third harmonic with WWV on 15 mcs so that a
frequency difference of only 1 cycle or so existed, which represents an accuracy of
10 cycles or so a-fc 145 mcs, entirely sa-fcisfac-tory for -the present purpose,,
Ini-tial warm up drif+. of -the par-fcicular crys-bal I use is approxima-tely 10 cycles
on the fundamental Tsut s-fcabilizes af-her a few minu-fces,
If the idea of a net on this frequency ca-bches on, such a device will be useful
no-t only for getting trs, nsmit-fcers on frequency, but -to se-fc the -tuning of the normal
home s-fcation receiver whi3ie working elsewhere in -bhe shaok.
The only componen-t of any consequence is -the 5 os crys±al, although a 2. 5 mcs
crystal vrould probably also be satisfac-bory.
WHAT TO DO IN № AIR RAID
1, In case of an air raid run like H... If you're inside, run ou-bside; if you're
ou-tside, run inside. It doesn'-b matter where you run - jus-fc run'.
2. Allways make the most; of an alarm. If you're in a bakery grab a pie^ if
you're in a movie, a Tslondeo
3. During an air raid allways yell blue murder. It adds confusion sn& scares
•the devil out of -the li-ttle kids.
find unexploded TsomTs, shake i-fc^ -the pin might be s-bucko If i-t goes
4. It you an
off, lie down^ you're dead.
5. If an incendiary 'bom'b falls in your yard, throw gasoline on i-t. (You can't
put i-fc out, so you may as well have some fun.)
6. Always ea-fc plenty of garlic, onions and Limburger cheese before entering aji
air-raid shelter, (it may make you very unpopular with -the people 5 'bu-fc i-t alleviates
overcrowding.)
7. Dori-fc pay any a-tten-bion to the air raid warden . If he won't ge-fc out of your
way, knock him down. (He's only trying -to save a place for his friends ajiyway. )
8, If you are -fche vic-fcim of a direot hi-t, don'-fc go -to pieces^ lie s-fcill and
no one will notice youo
(W, Ao Bulletin August 1966)
THE MONTHLY BULLETIN OF THE WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA^ BIVISIOU
SEPTEMBER 1966 . VHP SUPPLEMENT By Feed Back, 7FB.
ETot a great deal to repor-fc this month although we have a very important
achievement in -bhe southo John, VEYZJGs secret; projec-t -burned, ou-b to be 432 mcs-
equipment and on Sunday 21st of August, the 7WI broadcas-t went ou-t on this band. for
the first time in Tasmania.
The. gear is apparan-fcly performing very well and. I hope i-t is no-fc too long
before -there , are several other s-fca'fcions on this band t>o keep you company John and to
make use of -the new 7WI service. John is also revitalising a Pye Reporter for use in
•the shack on I the Ne-fc,
Af-ter the last VHF Group Meeting a Fox Hunt was held ajid judging from -the com-
ments heard on 53. 035? a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, not many took part
but at least'one of those who did, found an interesting side line in spo-t-lighting
several unfor'tuna'tes in -the Domain area.
These fox hunts are a great idea, and as no SF gear is required, -they os.n be
arranged at a momen-fcs notice, so I guess it will not 1se too long before we have an-
other.
MOW practice is again Tseing held on the 6 mx nt freq.uency in the Hobart area
Tsy the courtesy of VKTZZ'wi-th some aid by 7TX, 7WH and ?FB, on Tuesday, Thursday
aj-id- Sunday a-t 2000 hrso There are quite a few participants *.his -time and i-t is hoped
a hos-b of full calls will result.
Mad drivers are a-fc l. arge in full force in the Hobar-b area a-b the momen-t.
Harvey; ZHF, was unlucky enough to be ttee recipient of one, -the side of his car
plus the WHIP was Tsadly damaged, but all is now restored. Mike, ZMC, has also had
trou'bleo His 2-v/eek-old damaged
^
car was in -the rear end by an unknown gentlemsn (?)
writing off -the -tail-ligh-b and damaging -bhe body work^ and 7LY and 7FB still sport
a wanged-in Tsack from a similar effort. Someone got i-fc in for mobile hams? All three
were sporting mobiles at -the time I
Our old friend. Mike, VK7ZM ex of Huonville, has been active mobile in -the
Hobar-b area lately, and although there was some trouble in the receiver, Mike made
quite a few oontacts.
The schools and Uni have started -their holidays, and Tim and Phil, ZTM & ZPT,
will be active during week days through this period I guess.
Take a look at the date of this bulle-fciUo Time is getting on is'n-t i-fc « Only
a couple, of months before the next 6mx DX season so get stuck in-bo that equipment
and. save yourselves the ^ast-minu-be rush. Wi-bh the probability of conditions improve
ing steadily'over the next few years, it will pay to give 144 a thought too.
There are s-till ciui-te a few records -to be broken on -this l3a.nd on E layer propagation
and -the more activity, -the greater -the chance of making inters-fca-te con-bac-bs.
Thats about all for this month me thinks. Don-b. forget that news is always
welcome for 1;his, and the rest of the bulletin. VK7LY and VKTF'B can be oon^ac-ted on
3. 5? 7, 53. 035 and 144 just about any night and for those who prefer writing,
•the address is 223 Sa-fchurs-fc S-fc. Hobar-fc.
73s BCNU, Feed Back.